Big Timber Pioneer 1921

              !K XXXH      NO. 9
BIG TIMBER, SWEET GRASS COUNTY, MONTANA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, 1921
PRICE |2 PER YEAR
1TTEES WERE
EDBY SPEAKER
MONDAY
foiMuiiii     committees       were
SpciUt-r Gibson at the open-
in  of  the   house   Monday   af-
.lnh!is«)!i     of   Silver   Bow,
ilrumbakcr     of     Chbtenu,
„i   HovalJi,   Dodds   of   Flat-
inqnist   of   Cascade.
Kai.-grieve   of  Carbon,  chair-
ith   of   Flathead.   Shoemaker
and   Ciark,     Sncll   of   Silver
,v.n  of   fcniicral»   Goodload   of
Dunn of Deer Lodge, Pen-
*ustir,     Stoner   of   Sheridan,
>f Daniels.
n: Gullidgc of Prairie, chair-
of Stillwater, vice chairman;
Treasure, Crumbakcr of Cho-
isoii   of   Silver   Bow.   Bell   of
Cady of Lincoln, Sickler of Rosebud,
Spratt of Judith Basin, Williams of
Broadwater, Stevens of Cascade, Bohl-
ing of Teton.
Fairs and Expositions: Reid of Wibaux, chairman; Chatftepd of Lewis and
Clark, Daily of Missoula, Goodman of
Cascade, Rouleau of Silver Bow, Buell
of Gallatin, Shoemaker of Lewis aud
Clark, Hay . of Stillwater, Lakin of
Custer, Dowlin of Rosebud. Hanson of
Daniels.
Fish arid Game: Brooks of Park,
chairman; Chatfield of Lewis and Clark,
vice chairman; Sales of Gallatin, Bras-
ier of Silver Bow, Steven/ of Cascade,
Ray of Stillwater, Cady of Lincoln,
Pcrrlne of Glacier, Beley of Wheatland,   Wallace   of   Missoula,   Austin   of
iUahawny   of   Ravalli     Ken-|Sweet Grass, Skulason of Sanders, Fel-
jame, Hodgers of  Beaverhead,
Bit;   Horn.   Ogden   of   Lewis
Huberts of Cascade, Cosner
ton  of Choteau,  Fairgrieve  of  Carbon,
Scharnikow  of  Powell.
Banks     and     Banking: - Wilcomb   of
Province of Carbon, Haynes  Madison,  chairman;  Covell  of  Fergus,
au I Faust of Granite, Ogden of Lewis and
it aim Public Ranges: Ke it on j Clark, Berglin of Liberty, Swift of
in, chairman: Anderson of jTreasure. Smith of Flathead, Johnson
:<• chairman; Pcrrine of Gla- of Fergus, Kemp of Missoula, Spencer
It'hl of Powder River, Sickler'of Carbon, Bcrgeson of Choteau, Schar-
ld. Charters of Fergus, Will- j nikow of Powell, Johnson of Deer
iroadwater, Reid of Wibcaux, j Lodge, Geis of Feegurs, Beley of Wheat-
lf  Gallatin.   Dowlin   of   Rose- (land.
In of Lewis ami Clark,  Bold-j     Affairs   of   Cities:   McDonald   of   Sil-
|on. Swift of Treasure. Phelps ' ver   Bow,   chairman; • Roberts   of   Cas-
Higgs of Jefferson. cade, Kemp of Missoula, Rixon of Yel-
|iui .Mimng: Trcloar of Silver   Iowstouc,   Shoemaker    of    Lewis    and
rnian; English of Deer Lodge,  Clark,   Scharnikow  of     Powell,     Silver
of Carbon. Allen of Madison,   of Silver Bow, English  of Deer Lodge,
Muw.'lshell.     Goodland   of  Larson of Richland, Troy of Hill, King
Stevens  of  Cascade,  War-  of Silver Bow, Covell of Fergus, taking
|vi-r How, Riggs  of Jefferson,   of  Custer.
■111. Brown of Mineral, Dun- ' Constitutional Amendments: English
[latin. Johnson of Deer Lodge. <>f Deer Lodge, chairman; Cavnnaugh
knri Means: Rcrgcson of Cho- of Silver Bow, O'Hara of Ravalli, Rod-
rman:  F; ust  of Granite, vice   gers of Beaverhead, Haskell of Dawson.
Huberts of Cascade, Spcn-1 Federal Relations: Haskell of Daw-
trbon. Brown of Lewis and son, chairman; Warren of Silver I* »•••,
)\ of Missoula, Green of Flat- Knudsvig of Valley, Stoner of Sheri.mi,
llason of Sanders, Rixon of | Smith of Flathead.
Je, Cnvanaugh of Silver Bow,
!Cu».ter. Conscr of Fallon,
if Fergus, Rickard  of Roose-.
of  \\ ihatix.
McQuarrie     of   Missoula,
Dowjjn     of     Yellowstone,
rnutn;     Fclton     of     Choteau.
Granite,   Green   of   Flathead,
[of Valley.  Covell  of^Fergus,
'Sihcc How. Reid  of Wibaux, j Flathead
TO BE NATION WIDE,
STARTS JANUARY 22
NEW YORK, Jan. 12.—A nation-wide ing   "many   Chinese   and   Japanese   in
round-up of allOriental incligables wiU,tne United States who have ho lawf.il
right to be here.
be launched January 22.
This announcement was made late
today at Ellis Island by Leo Russell,
chief deporting agent of the immigration  service. '
Sweeping orders for such a roundup have been issued at Washington
and a special force is to be assigned
to the work,  Mr. Russell  said.
E. M. Kline of the bureau of immigration of the department of labor,
will have command of the work and
will start out from Washington Jan.
22 with a staff of deporting agents
for a tour of the south and west seek-
" Mr. Russell added.
The majority of the Orientals came
as seamn and took advantage of their
seamen's cards to come ashore upon
arrival of their Vessel at United States
ports, deserting the ships and smuggling themselves in sections of the
country remote from their landing
places, the  deporting  agent added.
Mexicans illegally In the country will
FORM ORGANIZATION
TO FIGHT TOWNLEY
SAUNA. Kans„ Jan. 10—The nonpartisan league fight in Kansas broke
out in earnest here tonight with the
formation of an anti-league association,
backed by world war veterans, determined to oppose activities of the
league organizers who have invaded
be rounded up for deportation by the [the state, and a public declaration by
Kline forces, which will be under or-|A. C. Townley, director of the league
ders to hunt for them along the border, he said, adding that Orientals
will be deported»from San Francisco
and  Mexicans at ^border points.
FIRST REAL BATTLE IS OVER
EXTENDING TIME OF TAXES
Irrigation and Water Rights: Faust
of Granite, chairman: Pcrrine of Glacier, Stevens of Cascade, Riggs of Jefferson, Johnson of Silver Row, Williams of Broadwater, Sales of Gallatin,
Parsons of Pondera, Larson of Richland, Gillette of Valley, I'cden of Rig
Horn, Troy of Hill, Dowlin of Rosebud,   Lakin     of  Custer.     McDonald   of
HELENA, Jan. 11.—Final passage of
the house substitute for senate bill 95,
an emergency measure extending the
time for payment of 1920 taxes and remitting the penalties for taxes delinquent at this time, and rushing through
a bill by Dodds to provide funds for
the cashing of the warrants of the legislators marked today's session of the
assembly.
Incidentally the house today witt-
ncsscd its first real fight when repeated attempts to give greater latitude to the emergency measure were
temporarily defeated after an hour's
battle. It was not until difficulties had
been ironed out during a recess of an j
hour |that exponents of the .measure
were able to bring the recalcitrants into
)ine, and shove the substitute through,
by a vote of 90 to 12.
As the measure will be returned to
senate, it provides that sales for delinquent taxes of 1920 will be postponed until Oct. 1 and that all county
treasurers will publish a note to that
effect. Penalties for non-payment of
taxes arc remitted and if already paid
wiH hc; refunded upon filing of a
claim before June 1. Where taxes art
not paid by Oct. 1. however, a penalty
the league's political campaign is carried out in the state.
After an all day meeting of nearly
five hundred former service men from
every section of Kansas, an organization to be known as the "American
Defense League of Kansas," was perfected to carry on the contest against
the  league.
While the former service men were
meeting, Townley in a nearby hall,
addressed a crowd of approximately
1,500 farmers, and told the history of
the league and the purpose of its membership campaign in Kansas. "It is
(my   purpose   to   aid   you   to   organize
of  1   per cent a  month will be added, j yourselves   to   get     economic   justice,"
instead of the penalty of 10 per cent  ne sa\^
IS^L^i ^Ha^l!.*. ^-iHtlLaS!?1^- °l?iHtlie " "~*" "®r Political action the situu-
A large portion of hit address was
devoted to a denunciation of Governor
Allen, the "grain gamblers." the "boat
trust," pad "insurance  •harks."
He declared the farmers  of  Kaneas
were  being    robbed    of  millions   of
dollars by  the  milling   interests,  the'
packers and livestock commission men,
and asserted that until they awoka to
provided by the senate bill. '
The statement by Dodds that unless favorable action were received by
house bill 14, introduced by'him, the
state treasurer would tomorrow register the warrants prcsentedK by • the
legislators and the paper would be discounted by banks, brought immediate results for that measure. One lone
"No" was heard in the vote* by the committee of the whole recommending passage of the bill and by the time of the
roll call on the bill even that slight
opposition had vanished..
The bill empowers the state board
of examiners to invest any inactive
funds in the hands of the state treasurer in warrcnts drawn on the general
fund. It was declared that the sum now
in the funds classed as inactive is in
the neighborhood of $400,000. The measure was introduced oil recommendation
of State Treasurer Walker after At-
toney General Rankin had held that
without the enactment of a law covering the case, such a transfer would
be' illegal and - the board of examiners
had  refused  to  authorize    the  action.
He attacked Governor Henry J.
Allen, who several days ago denounced
Townley as "disloyal." "The best way
for Allen and his gang to get rid of
me,"- he said, "is to carry out the
league program or get out'of the way
and let the people organize themselves
and then I shall go.
tion would not be improved.   He
the league program was entirely successful  in   North  Dakota.
The anti-league organization elected
O. A. Kitterman, commander of the
local American Legion post, as its
'state president; John Allen of Atchison,
vice president; C. H. Hale, secretary,
and Dr. F. G. Hagenbach, of Saline,
state treasurer.
The outline of the organization provided in the constitution' divides the
state into units following the lines of
the eight congressional districts. Officials were chosen at. a caucus.
v The constitutional declaration follows
in part:
"We deplore and will oppose any
system of thought, argument or action
which, causes, aims or results in tbe
creation of class hatred or prejudice
and will at all times and under aff.
circumstances c6iiitcnd against Towu-
lewism and similar movements or radicalism which aim to impair the soared principle and virtues  of our gov-
"Rut, I  am going to stay here just
as much as I can, and they can't help ernment.   Wc stand only for law
it." order and  high ideals."
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Editor of Bozeman
Courier Answers 30
Bow County
Tiff Warns All
Law Violators
i .lau   11.—Following the edict
fy    Goncral     Wellington     D.
[heriff Duggan notified all
ported of selling liquors or
gambling games that they
He notified the places he
pt (In- laws for prohibiting
|will     he   enforced   and   that
iinist   cease.
lonu-\  general.',' he continued,
p»i     instructions   against   the
<>f   men   of   this   class   and
I   am   duly   obliged   to   sec
[rdejs are carried  out. Work-
JMun with the other author-
Jtir hope to eventually stamp
I of   these   vices."
Former Attorney
General To Be New
First Assistant
HELENA, Jan. 12.—Attorney General
Wellington D. Rankin this evening announced the appointment of former Attorney General S. C. Ford as his first
assistant. Mr. Ford will remain with
the attorney general in order to clean
up litigation that is pending which
was begunv by the former attorney
general. •,. *~~
Soviet Premier Is
Dangerously 111
'er Head For     ,
fery Dead Buffalo
UvE CITY. an. 11. — Two
bid   chirly-five   buffalo  which
'ild on Antelope Island in
|S"lt  Lake will be extermin-
!!"R toda>". hy hunters who
a head for every bitten
^according  to  J. W.  Thorn-
lenl  of  the    Buffalo Island
p>mpan\.
»" assigned by Mr. Thorn-
granting of permits to kill
Pe c°nipany desires to put
irazing on the island. Ho
J1  lke  bison  are   ferocious
i»\of thc h"nters are ilikely
F Attics.
NEW Y(5RK, Jan. 11.—Nikolai Lenine,
premier of the soviet government of
Russia, is dangerously ill at Moscow,
according to a wireless message today
from Dcrlin to the Jewish news bureau here.
Thc message said three German
specialists arc on their way to Mot-
cow for consultation.
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Tosijs Gran Prices
lf.'i-
No. 1  Spring Wheat-|lJ«
Northern  SprjnlT-#M7r ^
Dark, Hard Winter-*!**
Hart Winter-^1.50.
Amber Durum—IM*
Dam—$149.
Club
Flam-41.it.
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CASH READY FOR
HAIL WARRANTS
BOZEMAN. Jan^ 11.—Henry F. Sears,  thc auspices  of the  Elk's  lodge,
pioneer editor of Montana, died in his I    Mr.  Sears  was  a  leading  republican
home  in  Bozeman  from  an  attack of and a  member of the  Montana  Press
heart   disease.   He   was   54   years   old association.   He  was born in England
c in .„.*» ian<l is survived by his wife and three and spent his boyhood in Canada.   He
Some 72 funds will be affected by thc childrcilf    Frank Scars,    Mrs.    George came   to   Bozeman  35  years   ago   and
measure. * Davenport and Thomas Scars of Boze-  first worked as a printer in the Avant-
rnan;  a  brother,    Frank    J.  Scars;  a Courier  office.   He  also    engaged    in
sister,  Mrs.  Frank Alderson of Bote- farming and in. 1905    with    John  H.
man, and  a  brother  in  Bozeman  and Dawes established the Gallatin County
a sister in Chicago.   The funeral ser-  Republican, which was later combined-
vices were held  this  afternoon under and became the Bozeman Courier.
HELENA, Jan. 11.—State Treasurer
J. W. Walker has issued a call for
warrants %£pr a total of $100,000 issued from the state hail insurance
fund. The call is dated and payment
will be made ^ on and after Japuary
15 on warrants numbered 87,72)6 Jo
88,023 inclusive.
This is the first redemption of hail
insurance warrants by the state for
losses suffered by Montana farmers
in 1920 but many received payment
when the warrants were issued by
cashing them at banks which arranged
to handle the issue. The warrants are4
being redeemed with payments of
four per cent a year interest by the
state.
-The call was issued following receipt from county treasurers of $118,-
896.   The total of registered warrants
Private Citizen
M
For Six Weeks
Then President
MARION, C Jan. 10.—With his res-
against the hail it $174,216.,    Officials' ignation  as a  senator  effective Janu-
in Mr'Walker's office said they expect-'"* *5 <?n.tne »>»* of Harry L. Djvis,
.     '     , -. „ m       * -   the incoming governor of Ohio. Pros
ed to make another call for.these war- ,denf  Hardin|[ todty WM i^^ for.
rants    on     February   15,  when   more ward to six weeks as a private citizen
H. C. L. Still High
For Average Family
on
money  will   be  received  from / county
treasurers. The county treasurers collect the premiums on insured crops
similarly as they do tastes. The counties which have not yet remitted their
hail insurance premiums owe the state
$55,520 which, less delinquent premiums, will'be received soon, it is believed.
"Too" Cute to Shoot?
Jan.  10.—Williajn J. ui»eoo»riowi  from a  bullet
proprietor
■W
/DALLAS, Tex
Coieaan,
4M0h luit beam ai n^ra^ for It
days! lost hit life at tk* kanda of«
girl [he believed -too cwte to shoot,"
according to ' the authorities. . n .v.-
;Hif a LwitW Meier, It, a - typist, arw
rested yesterday, ceafMsou tkat U
|tect; Mar boocr, she swot Cd—■■;
corwlag to J] C GusMrio* onsof of
t-ft
nd in
the afcnwmcn -• on the night- of January
1; , Skw aakl she aieimpaaiid kiaa.to
thevdaotrted park oai hie representations that a party of friends
ing
toid biovte |prn,.nntv4opae :«r-I
*ai
_    a lUtneiat
^ lulfeflpb£n|p ,*•;
*w^nW fe«fuunnnnn|p «.t^B^pnn^,4
io
before   taking  up   the   responsibilities
of the presidency.
Today another democrat, William G.
Sharp, former ambassador to France,
was called into conference by ' Mr.
Harding on the plan for an association
of' nations.
Another caller Awas Colonel F. W.
Galbraith of Cincinnati, national commander of the American Legion. It
was understood that the conference
wax for the purpose of discussing preparedness and soldier relief proposals.
Life Insurance On
Valuable Horse
I •': r:
Jh
Livingston Enterprise: Gambrinat
de Perches, Belgian .stallion valued at
IHUNO and carrying fWjH* life insur-
anee died at Clyde PaA,yesterday. The
iisUioa was tW property, of ' ' '
GrisweU and was bro«|bt to this
Xy^.toT breeding purpeees - several years'
i^i      .   > ;• -s^   r • .'       ;^ '•'■- ■'-■*' •
„ix, An annual primluni of UN was paid
on the poiky wnirk protected tbn
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 10.—Expenditures of the average American famihj
for rent, fuel and light, not only resisted, but ran counter during the
last six months of 1920 to the general
tendency toward a lower level in prices,
it was shown yesterday in figures
compiled by the' department of labor's
bureau of labor statistics.
The average cost of living in eight
cities at the beginning of the, new
year was 99.2 per cent over the average cost in 1914, while at the end
of last June it was 115.1 per cent.
Young Man Crushed
In Small Mine
BILLINGS,, Jan. 9.—Joseph Conway,
aged 21, was'killed this afternoon in
a small coal mine near Hardin, when
a rock weighing approximately 1,209
pounds fell from the roof of the mine
'portal and crushed his head His
father, J. M. Conway, of Billings, was
walking beside him at the time; hot
unbar}.
'ui.
[n Price
Farm Ii
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/:ffOUTH  BEND,  IND, Jan.   18.~1£e
OReer Chilled flow Works today am-
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